Variation in prescription drug coverage enrollment among vulnerable beneficiaries with glaucoma before and after the implementation of medicare part D

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 212-220

  Blumberg, Dana M ^a   Prager, Alisa J ^b   Liebmann, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a Edward S Harkness Eye Institute   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; EYE DROPS;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INSURANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICARE PART D; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84958581939     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2015.5090     Document Type: Article

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